FLASHBACK
Putting this here, but not exactly the GOP - somehow Biden appointed a MAGA or a MAGA collaborator/capitulator as national archivist…
America’s Top Archivist Puts a Rosy Spin on U.S. History—Pruning the Thorny Parts
Plans for new exhibits at the National Archives Museum included swapping a photo of Martin Luther King Jr. marching for Civil Rights for former President Nixon greeting Elvis
“… U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan and her top advisers at the National Archives and Records Administration, which operates a popular museum on the National Mall, have sought to de-emphasize negative parts of U.S. history. She has ordered the removal of prominent references to such landmark events as the government’s displacement of indigenous tribes and the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II from planned exhibits.
Visitors shouldn’t feel confronted, a senior official told employees, they should feel welcomed. Shogan and her senior advisers also have raised concerns that planned exhibits and educational displays expected to open next year might anger Republican lawmakers—who share control of the agency’s budget—or a potential Trump administration.
She was tapped for the job at a sensitive time for the agency—days before federal agents searched former President
Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in 2022, spurred by the Archives’ discovery that Trump had taken home classified records. Republicans accused the agency of abusing its authority and targeting the former president. GOP lawmakers grilled Shogan about alleged partisan leanings during her confirmation hearings.
Shogan has since overseen a host of changes to exhibits planned in a roughly $40 million makeover of the National Archives Museum, which draws more than a million visitors a year, and the adjacent Discovery Center, which provides education programs for students and families. Longtime employees said Shogan’s directives amounted to censorship. …”